According to the Casual Games Association, there are over 200 million casual game players worldwide. One genre of casual game is the hidden object game. Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst by Big Fish Games is one example. You are presented with a picture full of images and a list of items you must find. As you click on the item in the picture, it is crossed off the list. When you find the last item, you progress in the story to the next location or puzzle.
In this series, we will create a hidden object game using Silverlight 3 and behaviors, actions, and triggers.
- Episode 1 – Create the project and picture
- Episode 2 – Create the item list
- Episode 3 – Marking items off the list
- Episode 4 – Adding particles with a Behavior (source, demo)
- Episode 5 – Add a Magnifier Behavior
- Base Classes for Custom Behaviors
- Creating an Action to set Properties on Actions & Behaviors
- Episode 6 – Create a CheckBox from an Image
- Episode 7 – Use an Action to Toggle the Magnifier Behavior (source, demo)
- Episode 8 – Loop Game Music with a Behavior
- Episode 9 – Add the Splash, Menu, and Options Screens (source, demo)
- Episode 10 – Counting Items Found with Counter Triggers, Actions & a Behavior (source, demo)
- Episode 11 – Add Custom Shapes to the Particles Behavior (source, demo)
- Episode 12 – Creating a Custom Mouse Cursor Behavior (source, demo)
- Episode 13 – Give Me a Hint (source, demo)
- Episode 14 – Shake it Up (source, demo)
- Plus more
Hi Mark Tucker,
I love your tutorial here.
But the ONE thing I REALLY want to know is how to make an object dissapear from the scene as well as the name on the list dissapearing.
I am quite new to this program, so please, could you help me out with this?
Thank you